Monday Sector Leaders: Utilities, Technology & Communications

The best performing sector as of midday Monday is the Utilities sector, up 0.7%. Within the sector, Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE: PNW) and FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 2.0% and 1.9%, respectively. Among utilities ETFs, one ETF following the sector is the Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF (AMEX: XLU), which is up 0.6% on the day, and up 18.25% year-to-date. Pinnacle West Capital, meanwhile, is up 11.03% year-to-date, and FirstEnergy is up 7.16% year-to-d...